Advanced Techniques with Collage Animation Workshop

Advanced Techniques with Collage Animation Workshop

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
1:30 PM 3:00 PM
aabijijiwan New Media Lab

Wrapping up his year as Artist-in-Residence, Glenn Gear will lead an advanced online workshop on collage animation with aabijijiwan New Media Lab. In this workshop, Gear will provide a recap of animation styles and techniques and provide an introduction to Dragonframe. Gear will also cover:

·      creating a story and getting a sense of timing

·      timing and breakdown of movement (action/reaction, ease-in ease-out)

·      timelapse   

·      walk cycles and creating loops

·      working with archival materials and creating collages

·      working in reverse

·      shooting for the edit

·      exporting your film

This workshop has a capacity of 25 participants. We kindly ask that you only register if you are certain you can attend. If you register and are no longer able to attend, please contact aabijijiwan via email so they can give your spot to someone else. Please email them if you would like to be put on the waitlist. For more information, email aabijijiwanmediala@gmail.com.

Please note that this workshop will be recorded.

Registration Here

About the Artist:

 Glenn Gear is a filmmaker, animator and visual artist of mixed Inuit ancestry from Nunatsiavut (Hopedale, Labrador) now based in Montreal. Much of Glenn’s work explores alternative forms of storytelling through research-based creation in addition to personal, tactile, and sensorial knowledge rooted in his Inuit heritage. Primarily focused on animation and moving images, he also uses archives, photographs, drawings, traditional crafts, and objects in his practice. Glenn is passionate about low-budget and experimental animation techniques and shares these through mentoring opportunities that have become an integral part of his practice. His work delves into the relationships between people, animals, and land, rethinking the spaces in which history, hope and Inuit knowledge may thrive.

Gear is currently undertaking a year-long joint residency between Concordia University and the University of Winnipeg. Glenn is the Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership: Artist-in-Residence hosted in collaboration with the aabijijijwan New Media Lab.